Middle English Dictionary Entry
sophisticāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sophisticāciǒun n. Also sophisticacoun. |
| Etymology | OF sofisticacïon, sophisticacïon & ML sophisticātio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The use of sophistry; a fallacious argument intended to mislead; also, a double meaning; (b) deception in making a product, adulteration; an adulterated or adulterating substance.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)13/4 : He makiþ blynde vngroundid resouns wiþ sotil argumentis & foltid sophisticacioun.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)79 : Þe pope..mad open confessioun what conuauntis he had mad with þe deuele and who he was deceyued in sophisticacioun of þis name ierusalem.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)10/31 : Þe woman..coude not be led oute fro hir trewe beleue with no sophisticacion þat hir son coude make.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)7 : Sin sophisticacoun falliþ ofte in þis matir, feiþful men askyn..þis witnes.
b
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)114/190 : Nor in medicyns doyng or makyng he shal nat vse eny bigilyng, eny wyle, sophisticacion, or vntrowthe.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)26/24,25 : Sum distilles..spikenarde and oþer spiceries þat er wele smelland, and þe licour þat es distilled of þam þai sell in steed of bawme..For þe Sarezenes makes swilke sophisticaciouns [Man.(1): countrefeten it be sotyltee of craft] for to dessayfe Cristen men..Marchandes also and apothecaries puttes þerto oþer sophisticaciouns afterward, and þan es it of lesse valu.